Repairing windows 10

When Microsoft announced its new Windows 10 S operating system in May, the company put security front and center. To keep rogue programs from entering an organization’s digital ecosystem, the OS runs all software in a protected container and allows only apps that have been vetted by the Microsoft Windows Store and comply with Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (UWP) standards to be installed. Although Microsoft pitched Windows 10 S as an OS for the education market (think of it as Microsoft’s answer to Google’s Chrome OS), IT leaders and analysts immediately saw its locked-down nature as promising for business as well. The value-add for companies is lower-priced systems that operate in the familiar Windows environment while restricting the software an employee can load. Windows 10 S is currently available on only a handful of devices, including Microsoft’s Surface Laptop, which starts at $999 and certainly doesn’t fall in the “lower-priced … [Read more...] about Review: Asus VivoBook W202 with Windows 10 S

Want Windows 10 to run faster? We've got help. Take a few minutes to try out these tips, and your machine will be zippier and less prone to performance and system issues.1. Change your power settingsIf you’re using Windows 10’s Power saver plan, you’re slowing down your PC. That plan reduces your PC’s performance in order to save energy. (Even desktop PCs typically have a Power saver plan.) Changing your power plan from Power saver to High performance or Balanced will give you an instant performance boost.To do it, launch Control Panel, then select Hardware and Sound > Power Options. You’ll typically see two options: Balanced (recommended) and Power saver. (Depending on your make and model, you might see other plans here as well, including some branded by the manufacturer.) To see the High performance setting, click the down arrow by Show additional plans. To change your power setting, simply choose the one you want, then exit Control Panel. … [Read more...] about Windows 10 quick tips: 7 ways to speed up your PC

Microsoft released Windows 10 on July 29th, and since launch there have been over 50 million installs of the operating system. And there are good reasons. The software giant is betting on Windows 10 to be one of the best operating systems you want to use. After all, it brings familiar features from Windows 7, it improves the shortcomings from Windows 8.x, and it's a free upgrade. Repeatedly, Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella said: "We want to go from users needing Windows to choosing Windows to loving Windows." However, while Microsoft wants you to upgrade to Windows 10 and move forward, we're still in the early days of the new operating system. Since launch, many users has been reporting some issues, which range from upgrade problems, apps not opening, compatibility and network issues, and a lot more. So, as you can see Windows 10 seems not to be ready for a lot of people. So, today we're going to look the options you have and instructions to downgrade successfully from Windows 10 to … [Read more...] about How to downgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 8.1

Microsoft had to put the kibosh on its expected new version of Windows 10 Mobile for Technical Preview (version 10536). The update was supposed to go out on Friday. Apparently, the software contained a bug that would have prevented further updates to that build of Microsoft's mobile OS. But a tweet sent yesterday by Gabe Aul, Vice President of the Engineering Systems for the Windows and Devices group, revealed that the next version of Windows 10 Mobile to undergo testing will be 10536.1004.An earlier tweet from Aul relayed the information about the bug and the cancellation of Friday's update. The executive said that the new build is currently undergoing testing, and is being evaluated by the team. He added that the update should be available some time this coming week.Version 10536.1004 is expected to fix problems that prevented the use of mobile Hotspots, and repair an issue with Quiet Hours. That is the feature that blocks all but the most important calls and texts from reaching your … [Read more...] about Windows 10 Mobile version 10536.1004 is undergoing testing for a rollout next week

The folks over at VideoLAN have submitted the universal VLC application to Windows Store earlier today and Microsoft approved the submission. The new version of the media players comes a slew of bug fixes and improvements. The long list of changes contains lots of fixes to the UI, as well as patches for some issues that have been reported by users in the past. For example, the developers included a fix for a potential deadlock when dismissing a dialog and another one for the camera roll appearing in the regular video collection. The SD card discover bug on Windows Mobile has been addressed as well, along with a potential crash when switching between audio collection tabs. The media library re-indexing has been repaired and another potential crash when browsing folder. By the number of bug fixes mentioned in the changelog, you might think that VLC was in beta, but it wasn't. The list of patches keeps going with a fix for a potential deadlock when discovering media and one for the … [Read more...] about Universal VLC app for Windows 10 Mobile re-released with loads of improvements and fixes